Heavy daily LLM use may be causing “LLM psychosis,” one tech worker argues
A_K_Nain · x · 2026-07-22
The author argues that a large share of people using LLMs daily may be developing something like “LLM psychosis,” and says the effect can be extreme in some cases.
It is a broad, subjective warning rather than a technical claim, but it squarely sits in the ongoing debate about how constant AI use may be affecting cognition, judgment, and mental state.
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